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Historical Event on 11/29/1953

Benegal Narsing Rau, foremost Indian Jurist of his time, passed away at Zurich. He performed some very prominent duties towards the nation. He was Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and a judge at the Permanent Court of International Justice at Hague.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/26/1927Second Radio Centre was started in Calcutta.
1/15/1956Erach Jahangir Sorabji Taraporewala, famous Indian language expert, passed away.
3/16/1998Sonia Gandhi is elected chairperson of the Congress(I) Parliamentary Party.
1/1/1851Publication of Marathi newspaper 'Gyanoday'.
7/5/1994Vaikom Mohammed Basheer, 86, Malayalam literary genius, died in Beypore in Kerala.
12/29/1972Construction work of Metro Train in Calcutta commenced.
8/15/1990GOI declares Prophet Mohammed's birthday a national holiday.
10/29/1851British Indian Association was established in Bengal with Radha Kanta Dev as president and Devendranath Tagore as the Secretary.
10/29/1851Affonso de Albuquerque wrote, ""My determination now is to prevent any Moor entering Goa, to leave a sufficient force of men and ships in the place, then with another fleet visit the Red sea and Ormu
12/12/1992The world's largest monolithic granite statue of Lord Buddha, weighing 350 tonnes, placed on the 'Rock of Gibraltar' in the midst of Hussain Sagar lake in Hyderabad.